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Formula One teams disconnnect FRIC systems ahead of German Grand Prix

July 18, 2014

Mercedes will be racing on Sunday in Hockenheim without a front to rear linked suspension system. The FIA has hinted, but not ruled definitively, that the innovative suspension system would be ruled illegal if protested. Photo by LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC

FIA hints interconnected suspension systems could be illegal

All Formula One teams have removed the front and rear interconnected suspension from their cars before the German Grand Prix after FIA said the system could be illegal.

FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer says, "I can confirm that no car is fitted with a front to rear linked suspension system of any sort."

The systems, used to generate more underbody downforce for more control, were implemented to varying degrees by teams.

FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting wrote to the teams after the British GP two weeks ago saying "the legality of all such systems could be called into question."